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A woman has made the headlines of local media outlets in South Korea as she was rescued from inside a doll claw machine where she was stuck.

The laughter-causing incident took place in the country's western port city of Incheon early in the morning on Tuesday when the drunken 20-year-old woman, surnamed Jo, while playing the claw machine with her friend, got frustrated at not winning any dolls and forced herself to crawl into the small opening of the machine, according to the Incheon Seobu Fire Station.

A fireman rescues the woman from the machineCredit:
YTN /I ncheon Soebu Fire Station

The hole was about 30 centimetres both in width and length, prompting her to get stuck inside, the fire station stated.

Given an emergency call from Jo's friend, rescuers from a nearby fire station rushed to the scene and cut out a panel of the machine to help the woman out of the predicament she had been in. She showed no signs of injury.

However, Incheon police said on Wednesday that they were looking into the case to decide on whether to charge them with special larceny.